Comments on: Gerald Harris’s ‘TUF 7′ Blog: Episode 5

By: BIG CHRIS

BIG CHRIS — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:21:36 +0000

Kalib Starnes could beat either one of those guys….and we all know where he wound up….

By: cw

cw — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:16:11 +0000

“I know I wouldn’t ever pay money to see either of them fight, ever.”

You pay for cable?

By: johnnynormal

johnnynormal — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:05:51 +0000

That fight was rediculous, it wasn’t even interesting from an wrestling standpoint, if those dudes fought like that at an event, I hope Dana would fire their asses the next day. Puh-thet-ick. I know I wouldn’t ever pay money to see either of them fight, ever.

By: TheFeniX

TheFeniX — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:43:50 +0000

@cw

Dante was already starting on the take down just before the ref stepped in. But I agree, the ref should have stuck with the stoppage and broke the fighters apart.

Personally, fighters should know how judges call these fights by now. Bitch all you want, but I knew Dante had round 1 and the sweep by Sene at the end of round 2 gave him a good impression and the judges awarded him the round. Also, with how much time was left in the episode, I figured there’d be round 3 anyways. I get bitched at non-stop at our UFC PPVs because I call the scores correctly much more often than not. No, it’s not because I know everything about MMA or boxing, it’s because I know how UFC judges score rounds. It’s not fucking rocket science.

Dante won round 3 because he had the most time on top and was busy. He controlled most of the round, so the judges gave it to him.

KNOW HOW THE JUDGES CALL FIGHTS and react accordingly. Bitching about “I/he should have won that fight” is worthless. One of the few really decent things Dana White says is “forget the judges, finish the fight so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Both guys were fighting not to lose, Dante was just a bit better at it. Suck it up and improve your game.

By: bump

bump — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:07:31 +0000

That bout (can’t even be called a fight) was a boring hugfest. I didn’t see any submission attempts from Rivera, unless it’s possible to submit a guy by squeezing his torso. Mazzagatti should have stood them up every time they wound up in that tender embrace on the mat.

By: cw

cw — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:16:11 +0000

I lol-ed at Mazzagatti trying to break them up on the cage. Mazz yells ‘okay stop’, Sene stops, Rivera uses that opportunity to take Sene down and then continue fighting. And then Mazz steps back and says something like ‘okay continue’. It reminded me of how Scott Smith got robbed by bad reffing a few years ago.

By: Gong

Gong — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:32:52 +0000

What Joe said. I don’t see how y’all can say that Sene won that fight. They weren’t being particularly impressive, but Rivera’s ground work and sub attempts required more effort and skill and work on his part than Sene’s pitty-patty shots.

By: skidding

skidding — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:24 +0000

Here’s a little known fact:

On February 18, 1861, Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President, put lime juice in Jefferson Davis’s tobacco during a game of backgammon.

Approximately one month later, on April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, commencing the hostilities of the Civil War.

Coincidence? I think not.

By: Vrax

Vrax — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:07:31 +0000

I wasn’t at all impressed by Dante’s BJJ technique. He was struggling for the americana that wasn’t there, all the while missing that Sene would roll his left (near) arm up. When he did that Rivera had an easy angle to shoot his right leg over Brandon’s face while scooping the close arm. It was an easy arm bar, a blue belt arm bar.

Thanks for the recap, I’m all for anything that mixes hurdlers with diarrhea and tobacco pranks.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:05:07 +0000

Can’t win a decision from the bottom? Tell that to Shinya Aoki…